1/6 Image credit: Twitter Chinese smartphone maker Vivo on Thursday launched its Indian-made NEX smartphone with pop-up selfie shooter at Rs 44,990 in India. The smartphone, which will be available for purchase both online and at select retail stores from July 21, comes with an in-display fingerprint sensor and has high-end specifications including a Qualcomm Snapdragon 845 chipset, 8 GB RAM and 128 GB onboard storage.

2/6 Image credit: Twitter The retractable front snapper of the device pops out in a jiffy while the 6.59-inch full-HD+ Super AMOLED "Ultra FullView" display with 19.3:9 aspect ratio doubles up as an earpiece, using the company's "Screen SoundCasting" technology wherein the speaker system is inbuilt, as part of the screen display with no visible apertures or speaker mesh.

3/6Image credit: TwitterThe company also introduced a new cooling system on the smartphone which is dedicated to hardcore gamers and said the feature will keep the device cool even during long sessions of gaming.

5/6Image credit: TwitterThe device sports 91.24 per cent screen-to-body ratio and a notch-free screen with bezels of 2.16-mm on the top, 5.08-mm on the bottom and 1.71-mm on each side.

6/6Image credit: TwitterVivo NEX is also packed with Hi-Fi audio technology, three amplifiers, and a DAC and also an OLED panel which serves as an earpiece. The device runs Vivo's proprietary FunTouch OS 4.0 based on Android 8.1 Oreo and is fuelled by 4,000 mAh battery with type-C charging.